Business Mode and Apparatus for a Mobile Bank

ABSTRACT

The present invention put forth a mobile bank, which is comprised of a bank server running the bank information system and a properly designed vehicle equipped with one or several banking equipments which can communicate with the bank server to process banking transactions and provide banking service through 5G or other wireless communication technology; the mobile bank provides a substitute or transition to entity banks during the banking virtualization process on the internet, saving operation cost for banks by reducing rental expenses and human resources expenses.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is related to the information system for a mobilebank.

With the rapid development of communication and financial technology,banking become more and more virtual via the internet. Entity bank andATMs are becoming more and more unnecessary; and the running costbecomes more and more expensive owing to the high cost of rentalexpenses and human resources. During the process of bankingvirtualization on the internet, mobile banks based on 5G or otherwireless communication technology are good choices as substitutes ortransitions.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is to build a mobile bank by equipping a properlydesigned vehicle that can move around with banking equipments based on5G or other wireless communication technology such as ABM (AutomaticBanking Machine), ATM (Automatic Teller Machine), ACBM (AutomaticCompany Banking Machine), IMM (Investment Management Machine), UBPM(Utility Bill Payment Machine), AFEM (Automatic Foreign ExchangeMachine), computers, client machines and Pads etc. The bankingequipments on the vehicle can communicate with the banking server whichruns the bank information system to process various banking transactionsand provide banking services through 5G or other wireless communicationtechnology.

The vehicle for the mobile bank can be an unmanned robotic vehicle, anautomatic driving vehicle, a normal vehicle with a driver or it can be amanned automatic driving vehicle. Banking staff, especially companybanking staff, can be assigned on duty on board the vehicle; or nobanking staff is assigned on duty on the vehicle; or bank service robotscan be equipped on the vehicle to provide services.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention put forwards the business mode and apparatus for amobile bank. The mobile bank is built by equipping a properly designedvehicle that can move around with banking equipments based on 5G orother wireless communication technology such as ABM (Automatic BankingMachine), ATM (Automatic Teller Machine), ACBM (Automatic CompanyBanking Machine), IMM (Investment Management Machine), UBPM (UtilityBill Payment Machine), AFEM (Automatic Foreign Exchange Machine),computers, client machines and Pads etc. The banking equipments on thevehicle can communicate with the remote bank server which runs the bankinformation and management system processing various bankingtransactions and providing banking services through 5G or other wirelesscommunication technology.

The mobile bank can cruise along fixed routes to provide services atfixed places at fixed times; it can also go to an appointed place at anappointed time for service according to a customer's appointment; it canalso drive to places where people gather for events to provide service;it can also drive around and stop for service at customers' requests; itcan also provide service to customers on the vehicle while driving; itcan of course provide a combination of the above services.

There can be several mobile banks servicing at different routes at thesame time; there can also be several mobile banks going to differentappointed places to provide services for different customers.

The apparatus for the mobile bank in the present invention includes aproperly designed vehicle equipped with banking equipments based on 5Gand other wireless communication technology such as ABM, ATM, ACBM, IMM,UBPM, AFEM, computers, client machines and Pads etc. and a bank serverthat runs the banking information and management system, the drivingsystem of the mobile bank and the banking equipments on board cancommunicate with the bank server through 5G or other wirelesscommunication technology to control the vehicle and to provide bankingservices. The bank server can be a cloud computing server; it can alsobe a normal server.

The door of the mobile bank can be opened automatically when stopped forservice; it can also be opened by bank cards, or by random passwordassigned when making appointments, or by face recognition of customers.

The start up and stop for service of the mobile bank can be controlledby the driver or bank staff on duty; they can also be controlledremotely by the control center of the bank information and managementsystem. The start up and stop for service of the mobile bank with anunmanned robotic vehicle is controlled remotely by the control center ofthe bank information and management system or by control staff.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the bank server also runs AI(artificial intelligence) investment advisor, AI loan advisor, stock andfund transaction system and insurance service system. In correspondence,the mobile bank is equipped with AI investment advisor clients or Apps,AI loan advisor clients or Apps, stock and fund transaction clients orApps and insurance service clients or Apps.

The above technical schemes include the preferred technical scheme ofthe present invention, but the present invention also covers variousvariants of the above technical schemes according to the innovativethoughts, ideas or concepts of the present invention, e.g. the mobilebank can be staffed with investment advisors or equipped with AIinvestment advisor clients or Apps, it can also be staffed with loanadvisors or equipped with AI loan advisor clients or Apps, furtherexamples include installation of stock and fund trading clients/Apps andinsurance service clients/Apps on the mobile bank. For another example,the door can be opened by face recognition of customers or by fingerprint verification. The information system in the above technicalschemes can be a cloud computing system with server and Apps (shorted asA/S system); it can also be a B/S (Browser/Server) system or a C/S(Client/Server) system.

The present invention can be employed in any general purpose or specialpurpose computing environments or computing systems. Examples ofapplicable known computing systems, computing environments and/orcomputing configurations for the present invention include, but notlimited to, personal computer, server computer, special purposecomputers including banking computers, portable or laptop equipment,handsets, multiple processor systems, systems based on micro-processors,set top box, programmable consumer electronic appliances, networkpersonal computers, small computers, large scale computers, cloudcomputing systems (A/S: App/Server), B/S systems, C/S systems anddistributed computing environments which contain any systems and/orequipments described above, etc.

The present invention makes use of the cutting edge technologies such as5G, AI, robotics, robotic/automatic driving etc. to create a mobile bankas a substitute or transition for entity banks during the process ofbanking virtualization through the internet so as to save rental andhuman resources cost for banks.

DETAILED EMBODIMENT

Further description of the present invention is made in the followingsection with two preferred embodiments.

Preferred Embodiment One: This preferred embodiment is to build a mobilebank by equipping a properly designed vehicle that can move around withbanking equipments based on 5G or other wireless communicationtechnology such as ABM (Automatic Banking Machine), ATM (AutomaticTeller Machine), ACBM (Automatic Company Banking Machine), IMM(Investment Management Machine), UBPM (Utility Bill Payment Machine),AFEM (Automatic Foreign Exchange Machine), computers, client machinesand Pads etc. The banking equipments on the vehicle can communicate withthe remote banking server which runs the bank information and managementsystem processing various banking transactions and providing bankingservices through 5G or other wireless communication technology. Thevehicle for the mobile bank is a vehicle with a driver. There are bankstaffs, especially company banking staffs, on board the vehicle on dutyto provide services to customers. The mobile bank can be staffed withinvestment advisors or equipped with AI investment advisor clients orApps; it can also be staffed with loan advisors or equipped with AI loanadvisor clients or Apps. The mobile bank is also equipped with stock andfund trading clients or Apps and insurance service clients or Apps.Meanwhile, the correspondent remote bank server runs the bankinginformation and management system, AI investment advisor, AI loanadvisor, stock and fund trading system and insurance service system. Theequipments on board can communicate with the bank server through 5G orother wireless communication technology for processing bank transactionsand providing banking services to customers. The mobile bank cruisesalong fixed routes and stops at fixed places on fixed times for serviceto customers. The door of the mobile bank opens automatically whenstopping to provide service to customers.

Preferred Embodiment Two: This preferred embodiment is to build a mobilebank by equipping a properly designed vehicle that can move around withbanking equipments based on 5G or other wireless communicationtechnology such as ABM (Automatic Banking Machine), ATM (AutomaticTeller Machine), ACBM (Automatic Company Banking Machine), IMM(Investment Management Machine), UBPM (Utility Bill Payment Machine),AFEM (Automatic Foreign Exchange Machine), computers, client machinesand Pads etc. The banking equipments on the vehicle can communicate withthe remote banking server which runs the bank information and managementsystem processing various banking transactions and providing bankingservices through 5G or other wireless communication technology. Thevehicle for the mobile bank is an unmanned robotic vehicle or a mannedautomatic driving vehicle. No bank staff is assigned on duty on thevehicle; but bank service robots can be equipped on board the vehicle.The mobile bank can be equipped with AI investment advisor clients orApps and loan advisor clients or Apps. The mobile bank can also beequipped with stock and fund trading clients or Apps and insuranceservice clients or Apps. Meanwhile, the correspondent remote bank serverruns the banking information and management system, AI investmentadvisor, AI loan advisor, stock and fund trading system and insuranceservice system. The equipments on board can communicate with the bankserver through 5G or other wireless communication technology forprocessing bank transactions and providing banking services tocustomers. The mobile bank can drive to appointed place at appointedtime to provide service to customers who make the appointment. In theprocess of driving to the appointed place, the mobile bank can keep incontact with the customer who makes the appointment by telephone orinstant messages. The door of the mobile bank opens for service to thecustomer with the appointment through face recognition of the customeror opens automatically when it stops for providing service.

The embodiments above are examples provided for general technicians inthe field to realize the present invention. Technicians in the field canmake changes or modifications to the embodiments described above inaccordance with the creative thoughts of the present invention.Therefore the scope of the present invention will not be limited by theabove embodiments, but will be extended to the maximum extent inaccordance with the creative characteristics put forward in the claimssection.

1. A mobile bank, comprising: a properly designed vehicle is equippedwith one or several banking equipments to form a mobile bank, whereinthe banking equipments can communicate with the bank server that runsthe bank information system to process banking transactions or providebanking services through 5G or other wireless communication technology.2. The mobile bank of claim 1, wherein the vehicle for the mobile bankcan be a normal vehicle with a driver, or can be an unmanned roboticvehicle or automatic driving vehicle, or can also be a manned automaticdriving vehicle.
 3. The mobile bank of claim 1, wherein the bankingequipments include ABM, ATM, ACBM, IMM, UBPM, AFEM, computers, clientmachines and Pads etc., and also include AI investment advisor clientsor Apps, AI loan advisor clients or Apps, stock and fund trading clientsor Apps and insurance service clients or Apps.
 4. The mobile bank ofclaim 1, wherein the bank server can also run one or several servicesamong AI Investment advisor, AI loan advisor, stock and fund tradingsystem and insurance service system, correspondently the mobile bank isequipped with one or several clients or Apps among AI investment advisorclients or Apps, AI loan advisor clients or Apps, stock and fund tradingclients or Apps and insurance service clients or Apps.
 5. The mobilebank of claim 1, wherein there can be several mobile banks servicing atvarious routes at the same time, there can also be several mobile banksgoing to different appointed places to provide service to differentcustomers who make appointments.
 6. The mobile bank of claim 1, whereinthe mobile bank can be staffed with bank staff, or no bank staff isassigned on board the mobile bank on duty, or the mobile bank can beequipped with bank service robots.
 7. The mobile bank of claim 1,wherein the doors of the mobile bank can open automatically whenstopping to provide service, they can also be opened by bank cards or byface recognition of a customer.
 8. A system for a mobile bank,comprising: a bank server that runs the bank information system; and aproperly designed vehicle which is equipped with one or several bankingequipments, which can communicate with the said bank server to processbanking transactions or provide banking services through 5G or otherwireless communication technology.
 9. The system of claim 8, wherein thevehicle for the mobile bank can be a normal vehicle with a driver, orcan be an unmanned robotic vehicle or automatic driving vehicle, or canalso be a manned automatic driving vehicle.
 10. The system of claim 8,wherein the banking equipments include ABM, ATM, ACBM, IMM, UBPM, AFEM,computers, client machines and Pads etc., and also include AI investmentadvisor clients or Apps, AI loan advisor clients or Apps, stock and fundtrading clients or Apps and insurance service clients or Apps.
 11. Thesystem of claim 8, wherein the bank server can also run one or severalservices among AI Investment advisor, AI loan advisor, stock and fundtrading system and insurance service system, correspondently the mobilebank is equipped with one or several clients or Apps among AI investmentadvisor clients or Apps, AI loan advisor clients or Apps, stock and fundtrading clients or Apps and insurance service clients or Apps.
 12. Thesystem of claim 8, wherein there can be several mobile banks servicingat various routes at the same time, there can also be several mobilebanks going to different appointed places to provide service todifferent customers who make appointments.
 13. The system of claim 8,wherein the mobile bank can be staffed with bank staff, or no bank staffis assigned on board the mobile bank on duty, or the mobile bank can beequipped with bank service robots.
 14. The system of claim 8, whereinthe doors of the mobile bank can open automatically when stopping toprovide service, they can also be opened by bank cards or by facerecognition of a customer.
 15. The mobile bank of claim 1, wherein themobile bank can cruise along fixed routes and stop at fixed places toprovide service, or drive to appointed places at appointed times toprovide service to customers who make appointments, or drive to placeswhere people gather for events to provide service, or provide service tocustomers on board the vehicle during cruising, or provide service witha combination of above service modes.
 16. The system of claim 8, whereinthe mobile bank can cruise along fixed routes and stop at fixed placesto provide service, or drive to appointed places at appointed times toprovide service to customers who make appointments, or drive to placeswhere people gather for events to provide service, or provide service tocustomers on board the vehicle during cruising, or provide service witha combination of above service modes.